1.) Collin David reviews The Art Hustle Trading Cards (Series 2). 2.) Breast drawing advice — hint: nudity in the illustrated guide. 3 & 4.) Midori Snyder shares A Bordertown Moment: Skateboards and Skulls and Lotte Reiniger: Silhouette Fairy Tale Films. 5.) Important cultural things to consider and respond to in Are Art Museums Sexist? [...]
Altered Art
Beware This Teddy Bear!
Rachel Betty Case made another appearance on Oddities; instead of the Human Ivory works, she presented a teddy bear made of belly button lint. (The example shown here is of her Siamese version.) Incredibly creative? Yup. Nice way to recycle or reuse things that exist? I suppose… But still rather creepy? More than you probably [...]
Custom Toys
Super Girls: Life Size Female Action Figures
Super Girls is a collection of store mannequins hand painted and sprayed to look like comic book superheroes and villains. Because each life size art piece is made from a mannequin it is equal to an action figure in that it can be posed! Each art work is numbered.
Artists & Creators
The New Sand Art
Pinup artist Charlene Lanzel has moved onto something new: Sand Art. Charlene Lanzel’s Sand Art™ also known as sand animation, is beautiful to look at, but lasts only temporarily. Perhaps what makes this art form so appealing, aside from its beauty, is its fragility. Sand art is the most compelling new art form to come [...]
Fairs & Shows
Introduction To Korean Contemporary Art Exhibit
On January 22nd, Ahn-Nyung / Hello: An Introduction To Korean Contemporary Art opens at LeBasse Projects in Culver City. Curated by Jae Yang (of Art-Merge), the exhibition includes the works of Seok Kim, Yeonju Sung, Hyung Kwan Kim, and Jin Young Yu. These are a few of the works which most capture my fancy: There’s [...]
Artists & Creators
John Waters Says, “Contemporary Art Hates You …And Your Family Too”
I subscribe to Modern Painters, but just now got around to reading the September ’09 issue — despite the fabulous John Waters on the cover. Mr. Waters need not take it personally; I just have a plethora of magazines to get through, and if they aren’t in the magazine rack in the bathroom, well, it [...]
Fairs & Shows
Seeing Around With Edward Tufte
I received a promotional mailing from Edward Tufte about the first major museum exhibition of his sculpture. I can’t say much about the actual exhibition (Seeing Around, on view at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum) as I haven’t been there. (Yet?) But I do have a few thoughts on the promo pieces. First of all, [...]
Buying Art
Hugh Grant: Lessons In Buying Art
In the January 2010 issue of Elle magazine, there’s an interview of Hugh Grant by Holly Millea. Whatever you think of Grant, there’s an interesting bit on the actor as an art collector. Elle: Tell me, is it true that you bought an Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor for $4 million in 2002 and [...]
Contests
Future Generation Contemporary Art Prize
Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk, via the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, has created a new international contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Future Generation Art Prize will be held every two years and the winner will receive $100,000. All artists up to 35 may apply with [...]
